Herbal Horse - The Team
KIM and RICHARD BATLEY
I was a late starter to the horsey world, as a young child I hounded my parents for that perfect pony, the one that never arrived at birthdays or Christmas. I found myself burying my nose in any horse book or movie I could find, dragging my parents to take me to trekking companies for that one hour of pure bliss. Which normally ended with me being dragged into a hedge or barn, depending on the mood of the mount I was on. But I would never have missed one of those precious rides for anything.
It was not until I hit my thirties that I was able to purchase my first lessons and then my first horse, and now 17 years later I have 7 in the paddock surrounding me. Ranging from a 26 year old thoroughbred to the naughty children's pony, in the paddock with no grass! It has been a huge learning curve but I have loved every minute of it.
By day I am a qualified graphic designer and brand manager and have worked in the natural health supplement business for humans for the past 7 years. I was lucky to be involved with developing products not only for humans, but for animals as well. This is where my passion for equine herbal medicine was ignited, I started playing around with herbs and natural feeding regimes for my own animals, and quickly realised that the more natural the diet and environment the more my animals have thrived.
Richard my husband has been supporting my passion, he is the guy that finds all the great products we are going to be selling on this site. We are passionate about finding the best products and ingredients possible. If they can't be sourced in New Zealand, and we are forced to look overseas, we make sure they come from reputable growers and suppliers with the same philosophies as ourselves.
We hope you find this website useful and look forward to establishing long relationships with all our customers. We value your comments and opinions and welcome any feedback.
Kim and Rich
I was a late starter to the horsey world, as a young child I hounded my parents for that perfect pony, the one that never arrived at birthdays or Christmas. I found myself burying my nose in any horse book or movie I could find, dragging my parents to take me to trekking companies for that one hour of pure bliss. Which normally ended with me being dragged into a hedge or barn, depending on the mood of the mount I was on. But I would never have missed one of those precious rides for anything.
It was not until I hit my thirties that I was able to purchase my first lessons and then my first horse, and now 17 years later I have 7 in the paddock surrounding me. Ranging from a 26 year old thoroughbred to the naughty children's pony, in the paddock with no grass! It has been a huge learning curve but I have loved every minute of it.
By day I am a qualified graphic designer and brand manager and have worked in the natural health supplement business for humans for the past 7 years. I was lucky to be involved with developing products not only for humans, but for animals as well. This is where my passion for equine herbal medicine was ignited, I started playing around with herbs and natural feeding regimes for my own animals, and quickly realised that the more natural the diet and environment the more my animals have thrived.
Richard my husband has been supporting my passion, he is the guy that finds all the great products we are going to be selling on this site. We are passionate about finding the best products and ingredients possible. If they can't be sourced in New Zealand, and we are forced to look overseas, we make sure they come from reputable growers and suppliers with the same philosophies as ourselves.
We hope you find this website useful and look forward to establishing long relationships with all our customers. We value your comments and opinions and welcome any feedback.
Kim and Rich